上任

Chinese

		up; on; on top up; on; on top; upon; first; previous or last; upper; higher; above; previous; to climb; to go into; to go up	to assign; to appoint; office to assign; to appoint; office; responsibility
trad. (上任)		上	任
simp. ^#(上任)		上	任

Pronunciation 1

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shàngrèn
(Zhuyin): ㄕㄤˋ ㄖㄣˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): soeng⁵ jam⁶
Min Nan (POJ): chiūⁿ-jīm / chiōⁿ-jīm / chiūⁿ-līm / chiǔⁿ-līm / siōng-līm / siāng-jīm

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: shàngrèn
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄤˋ ㄖㄣˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shanqrenn
  - IPA ^(key): /ʂɑŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʐən⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: soeng⁵ jam⁶
  - Yale: séuhng yahm
  - Cantonese Pinyin: soeng⁵ jam⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: sêng⁵ yem⁶
  - IPA ^(key): /sœ̽ːŋ¹³ jɐm²²/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Kaohsiung)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiūⁿ-jīm
  - Tâi-lô: tsiūnn-jīm
  - Phofsit Daibuun: cviuxjim
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡ɕiũ³³⁻²¹ ʑim³³/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiōⁿ-jīm
  - Tâi-lô: tsiōnn-jīm
  - Phofsit Daibuun: cvioixjim
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡ɕiɔ̃²²⁻²¹ d͡ʑim²²/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Taipei)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiūⁿ-līm
  - Tâi-lô: tsiūnn-līm
  - Phofsit Daibuun: cviuxlim
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡ɕiũ³³⁻¹¹ lim³³/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡ɕiũ²²⁻²¹ lim²²/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiǔⁿ-līm
  - Tâi-lô: tsiǔnn-līm
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡ɕiũ²² lim⁴¹/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siōng-līm
  - Tâi-lô: siōng-līm
  - Phofsit Daibuun: sioxnglim
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ɕiɔŋ⁴¹⁻²² lim⁴¹/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ɕiɔŋ²²⁻²¹ lim²²/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siāng-jīm
  - Tâi-lô: siāng-jīm
  - Phofsit Daibuun: siaxngjim
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɕiaŋ²²⁻²¹ d͡ʑim²²/

Verb

上任

to take up one's new post; to assume a new position

Derived terms

新官上任三把火 (xīn guān shàngrèn sān bǎ huǒ)

走馬上任／走马上任

Pronunciation 2

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shàngrèn
(Zhuyin): ㄕㄤˋ ㄖㄣˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): soeng⁶ jam⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: shàngrèn
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄤˋ ㄖㄣˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shanqrenn
  - IPA ^(key): /ʂɑŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʐən⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: soeng⁶ jam⁶
  - Yale: seuhng yahm
  - Cantonese Pinyin: soeng⁶ jam⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: sêng⁶ yem⁶
  - IPA ^(key): /sœ̽ːŋ²² jɐm²²/

Adjective

上任

previous; former; incumbent

Noun

上任

predecessor

Synonyms

前任 (qiánrèn)